ADD These Sprints to Your Lifting Routine

Are you consistent in your training program and itching for a little fun? Well if you’re like me, training can get boring especially once spring comes around. You want to spice it up, but damnit you’re comfortable with your training routine. I hear ya….I’m walking beside ya on this one.

The bottom line is adding sprints just once a week to your routine will drastically imporve your performance, could improve body composition and it breaks the monotomy of what you are already doing. Take these precautions prior to trying them out:

1)Seek medical clearance from a medical doctor/healthcare practitioner prior to starting

2)Establish an aerobic base in your preferred activity prior to trying these bad boys out.

These are for condtioned persons and are typically performed by intermediate, advanced and elite athletes. Let’s give it a shot!

Mjolnir Sprints: These are 5 round blocks of mulitple energy system work with only 30 seconds of rest in between each interval. We try these and add blocks every week to our program for no more than a total of 5 blocks.

30 sec sprint/30sec rest

60 sec sprint/30 sec rest

90sec sprint/30 sec rest

2min sprint/30 sec rest

2:30 min sprint/ 30 sec rest

5min rest/ recover

Repeat as capacity increases. Working up to NO MORE THAN 5 blocks.

Make sure that your nervous system has the capacity to do these. That means that you slept well, you’re hydrated and your body is ready to go. If you’re a shift worker, do these on a well rested day off. Don’t do them on nights. These will add too much stress to most people’s systems and cause you to feel exhausted but restless, poor digestion & poor recovery.

Give em a shot and let me know how much you love to hate them!!

Be good with yourself! Keep trying!